"Secretly, deep down, everybody on Earth believes they can write poetry, apart from the members of the Poets' Guild, who know they can't."

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Source : K. J. Parker (2009). “Devices And Desires: The Engineer Trilogy: Book One”, p.219, Hachette UK

K.J. Parker

#Believe Quotes #Writing Quotes #Earth Quotes

“Obviously, it's a big problem how do we provide quality care to the maximum number of people. And it's not an easy problem to solve.”
“There are people who are suffering beyond description. They are innocent people, they didn't bring this upon themselves. They are the victims of the sins of other people. And while it's hard to see, it's important to understand that these people exist.”

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“The crew, like all Italian crews, was generous, warm, and enthusiastic.”
“There's something very romantic about self-destruction and sabotaging your life, and taking a hammer to it.”

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“I'm not sure I'm the only savant with high IQ or with an above average IQ. Again, it may just be that we don't know very many of the others.”
“The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.”
“Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music. Solitude, quality solitude, is an assertion of self-worth, because only in the stillness can we hear the truth of our own unique voices.”

Source : Pearl Cleage (1990). “Mad at Miles: a blackwoman's guide to truth”, Cleage Group
“You want to do movies that you are proud of - telling a story that you want to tell, not a story that you are forced to. Of course, as an actor, there are some things that you do that you try to forget about, but that's part of the job.”

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